Men of Texas
{{short description|1942 film by Ray Enright}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Men of Texas
| image =
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| director = Ray Enright
| producer = George Waggner
| writer = {{plainlist|*Harold Shumate
| starring = {{plainlist|*Robert Stack
| cinematography = Milton Krasner
| editing = Clarence Kolster
| music = Edward Ward
| studio = Universal Pictures
| distributor = Universal Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1942|7|3}}
| runtime = 82 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
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Men of Texas is a 1942 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Robert Stack and Broderick Crawford.
Plot
Chicago newspaper employees Sam Sawyer and Barry Conovan have been assigned to track down Sam Houston in Huntsville, Texas, unaware he died years before. Renegade guerrilla leader Henry Clay Jackson does not want Texas re-admitted as one of the United States, but is intent on restoring it as a republic. As he and his gang raid and loot Texas, Jackson believes himself to be following in the footsteps of Houston. When Jackson is about to be hanged for his crimes, Houston's ghost rises from his grave to tell Jackson he was wrong.{{cite web|title=Men of Texas|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=27346|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|accessdate=August 2, 2015}}
Cast
- Robert Stack – Barry Conovan
- Broderick Crawford – Henry Clay Jackson
- Jackie Cooper – Robert Houston Scott
- Anne Gwynne – Jane Baxter Scott
- Ralph Bellamy – Major Lamphere
- Jane Darwell – Mrs. Scott (Aunt Hattie)
- Leo Carrillo – Sam Sawyer
- John Litel – Colonel Scott
- William Farnum – The ghost of Sam Houston
- Janet Beecher – Mrs. Sam Houston
- J. Frank Hamilton – Dwight Douglass
- Kay Linaker – Mrs. Olsen
Production
The film was originally called Deep in the Heart of Texas and filming started May 1942.Mary Martin May Join Gaxton and Oakie in 'The Gang's All Here' New York Times 1 May 1942: 23.
Reception
The New York Times said it "provides ample entertainment."'Men of Texas,' a Patriotic Western, at the Rialto -- 'Sweatier Girl' Arrives at the Central
By BOSLEY CROWTHER. New York Times (13 July 1942: 18.
References
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External links
- {{AFI film|id=27346|title=Men of Texas}}
- {{IMDb title|id=35058|title=Men of Texas}}
- {{TCMDb title|id= 83300|title=Men of Texas}}
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Category:1940s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American Western (genre) films
Category:1942 Western (genre) films
Category:Films directed by Ray Enright
Category:Films with screenplays by Richard Brooks
Category:Films scored by Edward Ward (composer)
Category:Universal Pictures films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
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